News & Events

The Time to care media conference in Peterborough, ON, November 7, 2016

Team member Jim Struthers was one of the media conference participants gathered to make the case for passing the proposed Time To Care Act.

Physical Environments for Long-Term Care: Ideas Worth Sharing, Now Available

The second book in the project’s Ideas Worth Sharing series is now available for download. Editors are Pat Armstrong and Susan Braedley.

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For-profit health care is not more efficient, October 24, 2016

The Winnipeg Free Press published an opinion piece by Pat and Hugh Armstrong. Included is a discussion of evidence against for-profit delivery of nursing homes.

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Privatization, long term care and home care – what’s at risk for Manitobans?, October 25, 2016, 7:00pm

Join team members Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong in Winnipeg at a free public event on Privatization, long term care and home care on Tuesday, October 25 at 7:00pm in the Provencher Room, Hotel Fort Garry, 222 Broadway.

Long Term Care: Promising Practices, Current Challenges, April 11, 2016, 6:30pm

Join team member Martha MacDonald in Halifax for a panel discussion on Long-term Care on Monday, April 11 at 6:30pm at the Halifax Central Library, Lindsay Children’s Room, 5440 Spring Garden Rd.

The event will be moderated by Christine Saulnier from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS. In addition to Martha MacDonald, other panelists include Dr. Paul Curry from the Nova Scotia Nurses Union, Olga Milosevich a community advocate, and Nan McFadgen a License Practical Nurse. Open to all.

Promising Practices in Long Term Care: Ideas Worth Sharing, January 7, 2016, 5pm

Join us on January 7, 5pm in the South Dining Room at Hart House, University of Toronto, for a panel on “Promising Practices in Long Term Care: Ideas Worth Sharing”, based on a publication co-edited by Donna Baines and Pat Armstrong, and published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives . Researchers and project partners will discuss ideas on improving long-term care in Canada.

Watch co-investigator Margaret McGregor on CTV National News commenting on how seniors living in private nursing homes are more likely to die within six months of their stay than those living in non-profit facilities. This interview followed the release of research results comparing deaths in Ontario’s for-profit and non-profit nursing homes. The full research report is available on the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA) website.

Watch SEIU Healthcare’s short film “Below the Line: Cidalia’s Story.” It was selected as one of the winners of the London, UK 2015 Labour Film Festival global short films competition. SEIU is a partner on our project.

Albert Banerjee accepted the Highly Commended Paper award for, “It’s a Scandal!” on behalf of the other team authors. The award was presented at the Emerald Networking Event and Awards on August 9th 2015, in Vancouver.

The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) Calls for a National Plan for Safe Seniors Care

“Before It’s Too Late: A National Plan for Safe Seniors Care” was released at the Council of the Federation, 2015 Summer Meeting in Newfoundland and Labrador. The report was authored by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrongand Jacqueline Choiniere, Re-Imagining Long-Term Residential Care, Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators.

There is a broad consensus that changing population needs and demographics in long-term residential care mean more training is required. There is less agreement, however, on what skills are required, who should have these skills, and how the work should be divided.

Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care is hosting a workshop in Toronto to focus on issues related to skills and the division of labour in long-term residential care. See presentations & posters page for speaker talks.

Book Launch for two books – ‘Troubling Care’, and ‘Pain and Prejudice’ Tuesday October 28, 2014

Noon – 2:00 pm
280A York Lanes, York University (Light lunch served)

6:30 – 8:00 pm
The Supermarket, 268 Augusta Ave, Kensington Market

‘Troubling Care’: Critical Perspectives on Research and Practices was published in 2013 and edited by Pat Armstrong and Susan Braedley. It is based on papers by team members presented at the project’s York Seminar for Advanced Research series.

‘Pain and Prejudice’ is a newly released book by Karen Messing, Professor Emerita at the Université du Quèbec à Montréal.

All welcome. Books will be available to purchase at both events.

Troubling Care: Critical Perspectives on Research and PracticeUsing the example of residential services,Troubling Care: Critical Perspectives on Research and Practicesinvestigates the fractures in our care systems and challenges how caring work is understood in social policy, in academic theory, and among health care providers.

Pain and PrejudiceIn 1978, when workers at a nearby phosphate refinery learned that the ore they processed was contaminated with radioactive dust, Karen Messing, then a new professor of molecular genetics, was called in to help. Over the next decades Messing encountered many more cases of workers around the world suffering and in pain without any help from the very scientists and occupational health experts whose work was supposed to make their lives easier. InPain and PrejudiceMessing tells the story of how she went from looking at test tubes to listening to workers.

Our partner CUPE Ontario, has launched a campaign titled “Time to Care,” in which they are calling on the Ontario government to keep its promises to introduce staffing and care standards in long-term care facilities. Pat Armstrong & Donna Baines were interviewed for the campaign video.

Co-Investigator Sally Chivers was a speaker at the Life & Health panel at Trent University’s 50th Anniversary: Ideas that Change the World Symposium 2014. Sally’s presentation was titled “Re-Imagining long-term residential care for a more just and caring system,” in which she mentions the MCRI project and discusses her visits to long-term care centres.